Article 1: The Legislature
Section 1
Everyone who signs up in this thread becomes a MP.
Section 2
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the Parliament of ____________.
Section 3
The Parliament shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of ____________; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout ____________;
To borrow money on the credit of ____________;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several Provinces.
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout ____________;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of ____________;
To establish post offices and post roads;
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
Article 2: The Executive
Section 1
The head of the executive branch is the Prime Minister(PM) , who will be elected by the members of the Parliament.
A PM will be elected on the first day of each month. Voting will last for 2 days.
The candidate who is the largest vote-receiver wins. If no candidate receives 50% of the vote a special run-off election will occur between the two candidates with the most votes.
Section 2
To be a candidate for PM you must have the support of at least 4 MPs[including yourself] and announce in an election thread at least 1 hour before the PM election starts.[You must list all that nominated you.]
A GM will run the election.
Section 3
If the PM is removed there must be a new election within 2 days of his removal to select a new PM.
Section 4
The PM has the power to appoint members of the supreme court when there are vacancies with the approval of the Parliament.[Simple majority of voting MPs]
Section 5
The PM can appoint various Ministers with the approval of the Parliament.[Simple majority of voting MPs]
The ministerial positions are created by laws passed by the Parliament and signed by the PM.
Section 6
The PM has the power to fire ministers but not SC judges.
Section 7
The Prime Minister retains his seat in the Parliament.
Section 8
The Prime Minister can be removed in a no confidence vote.[2/3 supermajority of voting MPs needed to remove.]
Section 9
Ministers can be removed in a no confidence vote.[simple majority of voting MPs needed to remove.]
Article 3: The Judiciary
Section 1
The Judiciary consists of the Supreme Court (SC), which is a panel of three judges.
Section 2
3 MPs appointed by the PM and approved by the Parliament will serve as judges on the Supreme Court for a term of 1 month.
The first Supreme Court will take office 2 weeks after the PM is elected.
Section 2
If the Supreme Court has a vacancy for longer than 14 days and the MP & PM can not agree on a new judge for the SC a GM can a temporary judge until a new term begins.
Section 3
Decisions within the Supreme Court are made by a majority of the three judges. Unanimity is not required.
Section 4
The Supreme Court Judges are the first resort for questions about the Constitution. Only if after having conferred with them, the matter is still unclear, should an MP address the GMs.
Section 5
Only the GMs may override a Supreme Court decision.
Section 6
Supreme Court judges may be impeached for misconduct in office.
A majority of 3/4 of voting members is required to impeach SC judges.
Section 7
Judges retain their seat in the Parliament .
Article 4: The Provinces
Section 1
____________ consists of a number of Provinces.
Section 2
The inhabitants of each province shall create a constitution, laws, rules, and regulations for themselves, until they create their own constitution they will follow the National constitution as their state constitution. There are no constituencies.
Section 3
Federal law (including the federal Constitution) supersedes Provinces laws and constitutions.
Article 5: Voting
Section 1
A number of bills can be discussed in parliament, the exact specifications can be found in the following sections.
Section 2
For a law to pass it must have a majority in the Parliament[Simple majority of voting MPs] and be signed by the PM.
Section 3
MPs have the right to bring forward a bill if they have the endorsement of at least 4 MPs, including them self. The names of the MPs must be noted in the bill. [MPs may endorse only two bills a month.]
The PM has the right to bring forward up to 5 bills per month, plus appropriations and taxation bills.
[Appointments do not count.] .[This does not count for the 2 endorsements per MP per month.]
Section 4
For every bill a thread has to be opened.
The person that brought the bill forward must open and maintain the thread.
Section 5
The person that brought the bill forward has to present the bill in a clear form, following standard parliamentary rules.
Section 6
Debate shall be subject to standard parliamentary rules, and standard motions may be suggested.
Section 7
Motions shall be debated in the thread. The person that brought the bill forward may amend a bill if 5 people who have participated in the thread AND approve the amendment.
Section 8
After at least three days of discussion, the person that brought the bill forward can decide to bring the bill to a vote. If a bill is not brought to vote after 2 weeks debate will end and the bill can no longer be brought to a vote.
Section 8
The person that brought the bill forward can open the voting thread.
Section 9
Voting is allowed for every MP.
Voting shall take place for two days.
Section 10
The options shall be "Yes","No", and "Abstain". If a simple majority vote yes on the bill it goes to the PM.
The PM can sign the bill which then becomes law, or veto it.
Ties result in the rejection of the bill.
Section 11
The one who opened the thread does the vote count. He also announces the official result, which can be challenged at the Supreme Court. In that case the court decides about the validity of the challenge and may eventually perform a recount itself and override the official result.
Section 12
Appropriation and Taxation Bills, unless endorsed by the PM , must gain 5 endorsements. However, those endorsements do not count against the two an MP has. The PM twice during his term must introduce an appropriations and taxation bill into Parliament. Failure to do so will require the Parliament to take a vote of no confidence. If the PMs budget and taxation bill does not pass Parliament, the previous budget and taxes remain in effect. However, otherwise they follow all conventional rules.
Section 13
Anytime the Parliament votes on appointments the standard rules apply.
Article 6: Special Bills
Section 1
A special bill is a bill that is not counted for endorsement purposes.
Section 2
These include, but are not limited to: ratification of treaties, constitutional amendments, changes to national symbols, policy ratification, votes of no confidence, Impeachment of SC judges, and Declarations of War.
Section 3
A Declaration of War is required for offensive troop movements to non-allied nations that have resulted in UP military forces being engaged in combat. A 2/3s majority must approve them.
Section 4
A Constitutional Amendment amends this Constitution and must be ratified by a 3/4s majority in Parliament, plus a majority in every state, or a 2/3s majority in 3/4s of the several states.
Section 5
All other special bills must have a simple majority.
Article 7 Misc
Section 1. When counting votes only MPs that voted count.
Section 2. If a person is inactive for 2 weeks they will be removed from their ministry/SC seat/PMship.
Section 3.
Political parties official and unofficial have a right to set and change internal regulations within its own party as they see fit.
Section 4. You may change parties by declaring that you are joining another party in the party's thread; at the beginning of the next month your name will be added to the party
s list and will become a member of that party. Until the end of the month you are a member of the previous party.
Article 8
For this constitution to become the law of ____________ a majority of the people must approve of it. The vote will last 3 days.
